Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia on Friday said that his administration is set to pay the Federal Government-approved N70,000 minimum wage to state workers.
Governor Alia stated this while speaking with newsmen in Makurdi, saying that his administration is focused and has put up measures to make things function.
He described civil servants as the engine room of government that needs to be encouraged.
According to the governor, “Though with harsh economy, things have been stagnated but with all the plans and measures that are in place for things to function. Things are moving even though our Internally Generated Revenue has increased
“It’s now left for us to close all loopholes to see how much we can cash in to do other things even to pay salary.
“We can pay (minimum wage) with our focus with all our purpose and intent what is agreed by the federal government, we the sub nationals should be able to queue in today.
“Without the workforce, any government will not have any centeredness of governance so we need to pay our civil servants with what is approved by the federal government and organized labour.”
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